CPR classes in New Palestine

Small town, longer ambulance ride

New Palestine is a genuinely small town with farmland around it, which is lovely to live in and changes the arithmetic in an emergency. The gap between a 911 call and a paramedic coming through the door is longer here than it is inside the I-465 loop, and every minute of that gap belongs to whoever is already standing in the room. That is the honest reason to train more than one adult in a household rather than one.

Southern Hancock families book together

Because the community is small, New Palestine parties tend to fill from a single circle: a church group, the parents from one preschool class, a street. Ten seats across three or four households brings the cost per family down a long way, and it means the people who already watch each other's children have all learned the same thing the same way.

Cards for staff, not only classes for families

Preschools, daycares and church nurseries here need documented CPR for licensing, and that is a different course from a party. Heartsaver CPR, AED and First Aid is the one most staff need, it issues a same day card, and Pam will teach it on site.

Which class do New Palestine families usually book?

If nobody needs a certification card, the CPR party is almost always the answer, because $595 covers up to ten people rather than one. If someone needs documentation for a job, a school district or a licensing board, that is Heartsaver for non clinical roles or BLS for healthcare workers. Every option and price sits on the classes page.

Is a bystander protected if they step in?

Yes. That is what the Indiana Good Samaritan law exists for: it protects a person who acts in good faith during an emergency, and it is the second question Pam gets in almost every class. The practical version, including when to stop and what to tell the dispatcher, is covered in can you be sued for doing CPR in Indiana.

Who teaches it

Pam is a registered nurse with more than twenty five years of experience, most of it in labor and delivery, and she is certified as an instructor through both the American Heart Association and the American Red Cross. She has resuscitated newborns in a delivery room and performed CPR on a stranger outside a hospital. That background is why the class does not feel like a slideshow. More about Pam.